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Monday, April 29, 2013

A to Z Challenge: Y is for Yellow Kittens

Also known as a ginger tom. This one is just over 5 weeks old, and now laps milk from a bowl instead of needing a bottle. His name, which #2 Son chose in honor of some Dubstep band, is "Skorge."

From another litter, three as yet unnamed yellow kittens, also all boys.

Everyone needs a yellow kitten to pet once in a while.

Today isArita Ceramic Fair -- Arita, Japan (finest porcelain in Japan; during Golden Week until May 5)Cheng
Cheng Kung Landing Day -- Taiwan (352nd anniversary of the landing in
Taiwan of Ming Dynasty loyalist Cheng Cheng Kung to oust the Dutch
colonists)Feast of the Secret Masters -- can't find
any real info on this one, and why should i if it's such a secret, but
it is fun to think aboutFish Cleaning Night -- sponsored by David Letterman (it's okay if you don't have an audience, or Mariel Hemingway)International Dance Day -- International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), a UNESCO partnerJouvert Jump-Up -- Sint Martin (Break of Dawn Parade and Festival)Milk-Curdling Sunday -- Fairy Calendar (Gremlins)National
Adult Public Skipping Day -- because somebody out there either wants
you to feel like a kid again, or make a fool of youNational Shrimp Scampi DayRemembrance of Victims of Chemical Weapons -- on the day chemical weapons were outlawed in 1997Ridvan, Ninth Day -- Baha'i (one of the festival days on which work and school should be suspended)Runic Half Month of Lagu (water) beginsShowa
No Hi -- Japan (Showa Day, the birth anniversary of Emperor Showa,
begins the Golden Week holiday period of four major national days,
through May 5)Solar Alignment at Teotihuacan, City
of the Gods -- Teotihuacan, Mexico (the ritual cave opening aligns to
the sunset on Aug. 12 and Apr. 29, the same horizon position of the
setting of the Pleiades)St. Catherine of Siena's Day
(Patron of fire prevention, firefighter, nurses, nursing services,
people ridiculed for piety, sick people; Europe; Italy; Theta Phi Alpha
Sorority; Allentown, PA, US; Siena, Italy; Verazze, Italy; against
bodily ills/sickness, fire, miscarriages, sexual temptation)Zipper Day -- patented today in 1913Anniversaries Today:Princess Irene marries Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma, 1964Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, marries Catherine "Kate" Middleton, 2011Birthdays Today:Andre Agassi, 1970Uma Thurman, 1970Michelle Pfeiffer, 1958Daniel Day-Lewis, 1957Kate Mulgrew, 1955Jerry Seinfeld, 1954Dale Earnhardt, 1951Johnny Miller, 1947Zubin Mehta, 1936Lane Smith, 1936Celeste Holm, 1919Tom Ewell, 1909Hirohito, 1901Duke Ellington, 1899William Randolph Hearst, 1863Today in History:The Moors arrive at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, 711Joan of Arc arrives at Orleans to relieve the siege, 1492Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet, 1587Eleven Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru, 1623The Ming Dynasty occupies Taiwan, 1661James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia, 1770The French Fleet prevents Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope, 1781Peter Roget publishes the first edition of his Thesaurus, 1852The "Elektromote" – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin, 1882Gideon Sundbach of Hoboken, NJ, receives a patent for the zipper, 1913The North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden, the biggest in world, officially opens, 1930The telephone connection of England-Australia goes into service, 1930The
first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast airs, and episode of "Space
Patrol" shown over ABC affiliate KECA in Los Angeles, 1953The first military nuclear power plant opens, in Ft. Belvoir 1957A
cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh
with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and
leaving as many as 10 million homeless, 1991Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production, 2004Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation, 2005

awwww Mimi- my favorite kind of kitty! I had a orange tabby named Larry ( lived for 20 years) and he was the ultimate loving cat! So sweet and bless you for tending these babies. If we lived closer I'd be right over to help! Have a purrfect day!